| | | | | San Francisco Police Commissioner Acknowledges Guns Save Lives | | | | x Mar 04 2021 | | | | California officials are strange. A lot of us joke about the weirdness that comes out of California, but I've seen some really odd stuff. For example, anti-gun lawmakers removing laws specifically meant to reduce "gun crime." That's just one example, though, and you see it when you look at a specific ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | San Diego Asks Gangs For Six-Month Ceasefire | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | Like other California cities, San Diego has seen an increase in violent crime over the past year. Shootings were up nearly 30-percent in 2020, and there was a 20-percent increase in the number of "shots fired" calls to police as well. On Wednesday, city officials announced a plan to reduce ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | California 2A Activist Optimistic About Mag Ban Case | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | With the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals deciding this week to grant an en banc review of the court's decision overturning California's ban on ammunition magazines that can hold more than ten rounds, I thought it would be timely to devote an episode of ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Missouri House Backs Concealed Carry On Public Transportation | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | Even in a Constitutional Carry state like Missouri, there are some places off-limits to legal gun owners, including bus, light rail, and train services. That could soon change, however. On Tuesday the Missouri House gave preliminary approval to a measure that would repeal the ban on concealed carry on public ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | NPR Wonders If Gun Sales Caused Crime Spike | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | And the answer, at least according to the researchers that NPR reporter Martin Kaste spoke to, appears to be "probably not, maybe a little, but we really don't know." Gun control activists, on the other hand, are certainly making the argument that the primary driver for the rise in shootings and ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Minnesota Gun Permits Soar To Record Highs | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | The state of Minnesota isn't exactly one you think of as a gun mecca. Sure, there's a lot of outdoor recreation up that way, but we all know that hunting and the Second Amendment aren't mutually exclusive activities. Yet as in any state, it's not particularly monolithic. There are pro-gun people ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Tennessee Takes Up Constitutional Carry Bills | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | Permitless carry measures have already been signed into law in Utah and Montana this year, and a number of other states have Constitutional Carry bills progressing through their legislatures. Now lawmakers in Tennessee are taking up the issue, and given the fact that Constitutional Carry has the backing of Gov. ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Iowa Panel Backs Permitless Carry | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | I've often referred to permitless carry as kind of the Holy Grail of gun rights restoration. Americans used to be able to carry guns without asking permission from anyone. Then laws got passed and everything went to hell. Yet if a state passes permitless carry, there's a damn good chance they're ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Strong February Gun Sales Keep Ammo Scarce On Store Shelves | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | The Great Gun Run of 2020 has continued into 2021, with estimates of more than 1.3-million firearms sold last month. The National Shooting Sports Foundation released its adjusted NICS figures on Tuesday evening, and the firearms industry trade group reports that background checks on gun purchases were up 7-percent compared ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Gun Control Groups Giddy Over Background Check Bill | | | | x Mar 03 2021 | | | | For better or worse, universal background checks are one of the handful of gun control measures that has some degree of bipartisan support. A lot of Republicans just don't see the downside of requiring a background check when two private citizens decide to sell a firearm to one another. After ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
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| | | | | Objections To Elective Gun Safety Course Make No Sense | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | Firearms are dangerous. We all know this, which is why we have rules about how to handle them. However, not everyone knows these rules. It's part of why we have accidental shootings. While they're not horribly common, they're all tragic enough, even if there are no fatalities. If there are, well, ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Anti-Gun Activists Salivating Over NJ's Investigation Of Smith & Wesson | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | We've previously discussed the fishing expedition currently underway by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal against American gunmaker Smith & Wesson, in which the AG is trying to get his hands on decades' worth of internal marketing documents. Grewal hasn't officially accused the company of any wrongdoing; rather, he wants to ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
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| | | | | Universal Background Checks Won't Prevent Illegal Gun Sales | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | The folks at Sandy Hook Promise are on board with the Democrats' new push for gun control in Congress, and have already issued a press release proclaiming that, with violent crime and homicides sharply up in 2020, it's more important than ever for Congress to approve a universal background check bill ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Ohio Concealed Carry Licenses Nearly Doubled In 2020 | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | We already know that 2020 was the best year on record for firearm sales, but it may also very have been a record-setter in terms of the number of concealed carry licenses that were issued around the country. In Ohio, new data released by Attorney General Dave Yost's office indicates that ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Pennsylvania Democrat Has Right Idea To Fight Crime | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | While Philadephia Mayor Jim Kenney, D.A. Larry Krasner, and other city officials have demanded that the GOP-controlled legislature in Harrisburg approve a number of gun control bills (including a ban on modern sporting rifles), a freshman Democrat is offering up a piece of legislation that would do far more to improve ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | California Lawmakers Go Soft On Criminals, Target Gun Owners Instead | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | California has a reputation as being the most anti-gun state in the nation and for very good reason. The environment for owning firearms in California is more hostile to gun owners than pretty much anywhere else. It's awful. Law-abiding citizens are routinely treated like they're criminals or potential criminals. Meanwhile, it ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | WA State Senator Has Novel Idea For Capitol Gun Ban | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | A bill that would ban the open carrying of firearms on the grounds and inside the state Capitol building in Olympia as well as at and near permitted political protests is up for debate in the Washington State Senate, and the measure has been getting a lot of push back ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Gun Storage Bill Heads To Colorado House Floor | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | Since Colorado passed a ban on magazines over 20 rounds and a "universal background check" requirement eight years ago, Democrats in control of the state legislature have gone back every year with another few items on their anti-gun wish list. One of this year's priorities is a new gun control ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Committee Sends Garland Nomination To Full Senate | | | | x Mar 02 2021 | | | | Merrick Garland was originally tapped to be a Supreme Court justice. That's what President Obama wanted, and the Republican-majority Senate opted not to confirm him. After all, Obama had just days left on his second term. There was going to be a new president no matter how the election panned ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Breaking: NRA, NSSF Warn Dems Could Move On Gun Control In Days | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | Both the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are ringing the alarm bells over impending moves by Democrats to ram through gun control legislation in the House in the coming days. In a tweet on Monday afternoon the NRA issued a warning that Nancy Pelosi plans to ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
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| | | | | Gun Shop Burglary Pokes Holes In Registration Schemes | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | When candidate Joe Biden was running for president, his platform included language heavy on restricting the civil rights of citizens and advocated for strict and onerous provisions to become the law of the land. Now President Biden seems to be stalling a bit when it comes to what might be ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | New House Bill Would Expand List of 'Prohibited Persons' | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | Not all gun control attempts are as blatant as Democrat Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's manifold (and yearly) insanity. Indeed, most look positively reasonable -- at least if you only read the title. Such is H.R. 882, the "Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act" introduced by Rep. Robin L. Kelly, (D-Illinois). Introduced in ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | GOA Chides Biden Administration On Push To Ban Homemade Firearms | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | Gun Owners of America have teamed up with Defense Distributed and JSD Supply in penning a stinging open letter to Joe Biden and other White House officials who are considering an executive order compelling the ATF to redefine the federal definition of a "firearm" to include unfinished frames and receivers. That ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
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| | | | | Student Arrested For Having Gun In Backpack | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | Over and over again, we're told that teachers shouldn't be armed because guns don't belong in schools. All over the nation, schools are considered gun-free zones, and even many Republican lawmakers are hesitant to go against that. They claim to be pro-gun, but they're uncomfortable with armed teachers because, well, ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Virginia Legislature Adjourns Without Passing Ban On "Ghost Guns" | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | A bill that would have criminalized the possession and sale of unfinished firearm frames and receivers appears dead for the year after a conference committee in the Virginia legislature announced over the weekend that there would be no further action taken on the measure. The Virginia Shooting Sports Association was quick ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Shooting Survivor Pushes For Red Flag Law In Kentucky | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | There are certain people the media should give special attention to because of their expertise. Economists should generally be sought for their opinions on the economy. Doctors should be consulted on medical news. Scientists should be spoken to on scientific issues. When it comes to the issue of gun control, however, the ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | The Push To Repeal The Second Amendment Ignore Simple Facts | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | On the one hand, the evergreen argument from some gun control activists that the Second Amendment should be repealed is a more honest reckoning with the Bill of Rights than the notion that we can pass sweeping gun bans and limit the ability to own and carry firearms without infringing ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Media Claims Mass Shootings On The Rise | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | I really didn't expect to talk about mass shootings all that much during the Biden administration. Why? Because my theory is that because the media doesn't go all "doom and gloom" during Democratic administrations, which reduces the nihilistic tendencies that drive mass shootings. At least, that's what I think is partially ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Town That Should Know Better Embraces Gun Free-Zones | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | Beginning today, guns are banned in all public buildings in Blacksburg, Virginia; including city hall and the public library. In addition, all town meetings and other permitted events and festivals in the college town will now be gun-free zones, at least in theory. The local gun ban ordinance was approved by ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Gun Control: Is It About Safety Or About Punishing WrongThink? | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | The Second Amendment exists for anyone and everyone. The right to keep and bear arms doesn't extend to use one side of the political debate. That's a good thing, of course. Rights for only some people lead to the kind of inequality that our nation was designed to stand against. However, ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Philly Fail: Gun "Buyback" Results Less Than Impressive | | | | x Mar 01 2021 | | | | Since January 1st, the Philadelphia police have seized more than 1,000 guns from people who were carrying them illegally, but the confiscations haven't put a dent in the city's violent crime rate. Homicides are still soaring, along with carjackings and home invasions, and city officials turned this past weekend to ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
| | | | | Disarmed By Policy, Rideshare Drivers Targeted By Robbers | | | | x Feb 28 2021 | | | | It appears as if the word has gotten out in the criminal underworld; if you're looking for an easy target to rob, rape, or carjack, finding a victim is as easy as pulling out your phone. We've been covering the rise in carjackings and other violent crimes committed against Uber and ... [Keep Reading] | | | |
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